On the eve of the winter tourist season, which commences on Monday, one of the island's largest hotel chains, Sandals International, has made approximately 650 of its employees throughout the Carib-bean redundant.
The figure represents a 7.5 per cent decrease in the resort chain's workforce. A total of 285 of those sent home were employed to Sandals hotels in Montego Bay, Ocho Rios and Negril.
The group, in a press release, said it was forced to take the decision as a result of the unprecedented global financial crisis which is affecting tourism interests worldwide. "We have had no choice but to streamline operations and trim expenditure," said the release. Jamaica Gleaner
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